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Star Trek: Picard

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Generally favorable reviews based on 50 Critic Reviews

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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 540 Ratings

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Star Trek: Picard

Series Details & Credits

Paramount+ | Release Date: January 23, 2020

Summary: Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) leaves behind the Starfleet to begin a new life.

Genre(s): Drama, Science Fiction

Recent Episodes

9.5
S3:E10. The Last Generation
Air Date: April 25, 2023
8.0
S3:E9. Võx
Air Date: August 11, 2023
6.6
S3:E8. Surrender
Air Date: April 6, 2023

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Metascore

77

Positive:

43

Mixed:

7

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0

Critic Reviews

100

TV Guide Magazine Matt Roush

Feb 23, 2023

Season 3 Review: Come for the nostalgia, stay for the nerve-wracking suspense. ... Don't even think of missing this ride. [27 Feb - 12 Mar 2023, p.4] Read full review

90

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Rob Owen

Feb 16, 2023

Season 3 Review: This season of “Picard” doesn’t feel like fan fiction; it feels legit. Read full review

85

Primetimer

Aaron Barnhart

Jan 23, 2020

Season 1 Review: An enjoyable and accessible pilot episode, one that brings the iconic admiral down to earth (literally), gives him lots of great dialogue, and reunites him with an old ally and monstrous adversary that even those of us not schooled in all things Trek will remember. Read full review

80

Cleveland Plain Dealer

Mark Dawidziak

Jan 23, 2020

Season 1 Review: Although the pace is at times too deliberate and many of the story elements seem familiar (earning the dubious raised eyebrow Mr. Spock put to such good use), it’s not difficult getting to the end of this third episode. For one thing, the series looks terrific. For another, you’re in great company all the way. The cast is marvelous, starting with Stewart, the finest actor ever to wear a Starfleet uniform. His aging and conflicted Picard is an endlessly intriguing revival of the character. He not only keeps you involved but also (to borrow the captain’s trademark phrase) engaged. Read full review

75

Newsday

Verne Gay

Jan 23, 2020

Season 1 Review: Smart, well-crafted, layered — verging on over-layered. Read full review

70

Rolling Stone

Alan Sepinwall

Feb 15, 2023

Season 3 Review: The new episodes do not qualify as great. ... Having said that, these new episodes are still a vast, vast improvement over what Picard has done before. The TNG cast has remained close over the decades, and their chemistry from the Eighties and Nineties still works. Read full review

50

Entertainment Weekly

Darren Franich

Jan 23, 2020

Season 1 Review: Picard has flashes of eccentricity, and any science-fiction show with a Miguel de Unamuno shoutout demands a quantum of hope. But for now, this is another disappointing Star Trek. Should we give it a chance? My advice: Disengage. Read full review

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tommydoyle

Jan 25, 2020

a beautiful update on the great captain picard. new. modern. similar. different. great cast. so many elements with story. fyi not a spoiler but keep in mind who bruce maddux is because i missed this and it's probably very important. he's the scientist who wanted to disassemble data to builda beautiful update on the great captain picard. new. modern. similar. different. great cast. so many elements with story. fyi not a spoiler but keep in mind who bruce maddux is because i missed this and it's probably very important. he's the scientist who wanted to disassemble data to build an army or race of androids in measure of a man in TNG… Expand

14 of 92 users found this helpful1478

9

kirkender

Feb 13, 2020

All y'all whining about this show are wrong. It's a good show. It's Star Trek. Shut up and watch it. It's smart, action packed, contemplative, visually delicious, and very well acted.

3 of 44 users found this helpful341

5

Ndemus

Nov 21, 2021

Absolutely love it! Watched it 3 times over already and rewatching TNG now to get ready for season 2

0 of 15 users found this helpful015

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Knickerless

May 26, 2022

Wasted potential. That is the summary of my feelings towards Star Trek Picard after two seasons. You have great actors, good ideas and very good production value. But they waste all this potential on cheap thrills, horrible values, extreme virtue signaling and mistakes in the storylines.Wasted potential. That is the summary of my feelings towards Star Trek Picard after two seasons. You have great actors, good ideas and very good production value. But they waste all this potential on cheap thrills, horrible values, extreme virtue signaling and mistakes in the storylines. Season two especially became so inane. They don't even pay off any of their own set-ups. It's so frustrating because I enjoyed the first half of both seasons, and then the conclusions of the storylines make no sense. They should not hire actors to have creative control over the stories, actors who have not watched Star Trek (and nor should they necessarily, they can be directed by people who know more). It's so disappointing and infuriating because there is so much potential here. It's modern Cynicism in a serialized form.… Expand

5 of 5 users found this helpful50

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aflunky

Mar 29, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The whole premise of the show doesn't even make sense. Dahj and Soji are more the kids of Maddox and that new Soong character, because they built them. However, Picard insists on calling them Data's daughters when Data was more of an organ donor to them. Picard is supposed to be smarter than this. Picard quit Starfleet over them cancelling the rescue armada when there were android slaves in Starfleet? Lol! Someone didn't fully understand Measure of a Man. Picard would have quit more over the slaves than an armada. Also Did anyone who created this see Insurrection? Picard went rogue to save like 600 people and you're telling he would just return to his chateau and accept the coming deaths of millions? Give me a break. Picard has changed enough to where I hardly recognize the character. He can either be easily irritable, like in the news interview (BTW, television had been outdated in the this universe since the 2040s), or uncharacteristically docile, like every time he gets yelled at by a woman. I guess it depends on how the script needs him to be. If you're looking for the calm, yet commanding presence of Captain Picard, who could motivate you with an uplifting speech, stick to TNG. Star Trek Picard is written by people pretending to be smart, but come off as pretentious. The technobabble in this isn't remotely believable to the point where they have a "magic" tool that can do whatever you imagine. It borrows enough from older Trek to pass in a few trailers, but once you watch the first season, you'll have questions like "They showed us B-4, so why didn't they even mention Lore or Lal?" or "Why couldn't Picard just contact the Klingons for a ship?" Those questions are not answered in the first season.

Then there is the dystopian aspect of this show. Complete opposite of Roddenberry's utopian ideals. By the beginning of episode 5, you'll be wondering if you're watching Star Trek or one of the Saw movies. There is unnecessary cursing in the show that only serves for shock value and doesn't help the already convoluted plot. When I see this, I don't think Star Trek. There is a lot more I could talk about, but I'm getting tired of typing. They took my favorite good guy, killed him off in the most pathetic way, then put his mind into an android's body, but then made the android body old and feeble like he was before. Yet, the body and consciousness of the original Picard is gone and the showrunner didn't even put enough thought to find a way to honor that body. I hate this show because it turned Star Trek into just any old sci-fi show. There is no originality in this show, as the second part of the plot, the admonition and synths coming to destroy all biological life, are literally taken from the video game Mass Effect. The Star Trek of today will not age as well as the Star Trek of old.… Expand

11 of 14 users found this helpful113

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busiek

Feb 18, 2023

After E01S03... So, after two years of s**tting on ST, characters and fans they show us that almost good season of "ST: Picard" can be done? Which means they were destroying this IP on purpose! Too late, damage is done, I'm out...

2 of 2 users found this helpful20

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Quadrapole

Feb 21, 2020

What a travesty star trek has become from the optimistic and idealistic vision of Gene Roddenberry. Since when was star trek a dark dystopia with swearing and decapitation?

Sad that such a cherished part of my childhood has been decimated by the social justice crowd that ruined star trekWhat a travesty star trek has become from the optimistic and idealistic vision of Gene Roddenberry. Since when was star trek a dark dystopia with swearing and decapitation?

Sad that such a cherished part of my childhood has been decimated by the social justice crowd that ruined star trek after enterprise.… Expand

29 of 35 users found this helpful296

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Seasons & Episodes

77

Series Overview
Season 3

83
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: February 16, 2023
- 9.5
  S3:E10. The Last Generation
  Air Date: April 25, 2023
- 8.0
  S3:E9. Võx
  Air Date: August 11, 2023
- 6.6
  S3:E8. Surrender
  Air Date: April 6, 2023
- 6.0
  S3:E7. Dominion
  Air Date: March 7, 2023
- 6.6
  S3:E6. The Bounty
  Air Date: March 25, 2023
- 6.8
  S3:E5. Imposters
  Air Date: July 14, 2023
- 7.7
  S3:E4. No Win Scenario
  Air Date: July 7, 2023
- 6.6
  S3:E3. Seventeen Seconds
  Air Date: March 7, 2023
- 6.3
  S3:E2. Disengage
  Air Date: February 23, 2023
Season 2

69
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: March 3, 2022
Season 1

76
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: January 23, 2020